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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) Soda List

Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is vegetable oil that has had atoms of the element bromine bonded to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brominated_vegetable_oil. It's used in many citrus flavored drinks that have a cloudy appearance. Clear lemon-lime sodas such as Sprite do not contain it.

This is a list of brominated drinks that I have found so far. I will keep this list updated for your protection.

Squirt

Diet Squirt

Mountain Dew (all)

Orange Crush

Pineapple Crush

Peach Crush

Sun Drop (all)

Gatorade ("some")

Sunkist Fruit Punch

Sunkist Peach

Sunkist Pineapple

Fanta Orange

Fanta Orange Zero

Fresca (all)

Refreshe Diet Grapefruit

(Edited 11/02/2011): A commenter today noticed that some flavors of drinks such as Sunkist do not contain BVO and instead have ester gum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol_ester_of_wood_rosin, which "...serves as a natural alternative to brominated vegetable oil, particularly in citrus-flavored soft drinks." Check the wiki for a list of drinks that contain ester gum.

18 comments:

I just looked at the fresca lables, its says brominated vegetable oil. there have been reports of people becoming partly paralyzed do to bromism which is bromine poisoning. The effect went away when all the bromine was out of their system. it causes gastrointestinal issues (trust me this isnt fun), as well as neurological issues including paralysis, its used in gasoline additives and insecticides. and the FDA APPROVES of this substance to be one of the 4 food additives which includes saccharin a cancer causing ingredient. Bromine also zaps the iodine out of your system leaving you with an iodine deficiency. The use of Bromine in food and drink is illegal in most countries. We should push for the US to follow suit.

"FDA APPROVES of this substance to be one of the 4 food additives which includes saccharin a cancer causing ingredient." -What do you mean here? These 4 ingredients are technically labeled "interim food additives" by the FDA but you just make the jump to cancer causing without any reasoning or source. Even if this ingredient is bad you are not presenting full information.

"Bromine also zaps the iodine out of your system leaving you with an iodine deficiency." -How does it do that? What is the medical explanation for this? What chemical reactions explain this?

I dont think you are wrong to point these things out but you should try to give sources and explanations for your accusations.

The thought behind the Iodine "zap" is just that it has competitive binding for the Iodine binding sites. Since Iodine and Bromine are very close on the atomic level, both having 7 valence electrons and are of similar size, bromine can "fit" into an Iodine's binding site. Makes sense, but I'm not sure the biochemical pathway that breaks vegetable bromide down, or how good of a competitor Bromide is compared to Iodine.

Mountain Dew throwback does have brominated vegetable oil. I wish this article focused on this extremely hazardous ingredient. I was hoping the throwback version would not contain it because I'd love to drink it again. As long as BVO is in it, you couldn't pay me to.

I BEG TO DIFFER ALL MOUNTAIN PRODUCTS CLEARLY STATE THE IT CONTAINS THIS BROMAINATED VEG OIL I USE TO ONLY DRIK DIET MOUNTAIN AND SUN DROP UNTIL THIS ALL CAME OUT SO MISSING MY FLAVORED SODA CHECKED THE BOX TONIGHT AT WAL-MART MOST DIFFERENTLY DIET MOUNTAIN DEW AND DIET SUN DROP BOTH CONTAIN THIS. I HAVE A VERY RARE CANCER THAT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS BVO

I was drinking several Diet Mtn Dews a day. I found a scientific report of the associated ailments that go with BVO overdose. I had many. I stopped cold and never picked up another. BVO is NOT water soluble like Vitamin C or the B Vitamins. It wears off (best way to put it) Drink lots of water and non-BVO drinks. I felt MAJOR differences within 2 days.

I have had severe gastrointestinal ailments from brominated vegetable Oil. Will Never, Ever consume it again. My last episode, I ended up on the bathroom floor with severe cramps and diarrhea. I could not sit up without feeling as if I would pass out or throw up. I've had it before but just recently figured out what caused these episodes. Stay away from BVO.

I have had severe gastrointestinal ailments from brominated vegetable Oil. Will Never, Ever consume it again. My last episode, I ended up on the bathroom floor with severe cramps and diarrhea. I could not sit up without feeling as if I would pass out or throw up. I've had it before but just recently figured out what caused these episodes. Stay away from BVO.